Sunburn in Grapes: A Review Gambetta, Joanna M; Holzapfel, Bruno P; Stoll, Manfred ...
Frontiers in plant science,
01/2021, Letnik:
11
Journal Article
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Sunburn is a physiological disorder that affects the visual and organoleptic properties of grapes. The appearance of brown and necrotic spots severely affects the commercial value of the fruit, and ...in extreme cases, significantly decreases yield. Depending on the severity of the damage and the driving factors, sunburn on grapes can be classified as sunburn browning (SB) or as sunburn necrosis (SN). Sunburn results from a combination of excessive photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and UV radiation and temperature that can be exacerbated by other stress factors such as water deficit. Fruit respond to these by activating antioxidant defense mechanisms,
synthesis of optical screening compounds and heat-shock proteins as well as through morphological adaptation. This review summarizes the current knowledge on sunburn in grapes and compares it with relevant literature on other fruits. It also discusses the different factors affecting the appearance and degree of sunburn, as well as the biochemical response of grapes to this phenomenon and different potential mitigation strategies. This review proposes further directions for research into sunburn in grapes.
The main objective of this study was to determine growth, yield and fruit quality of grapevines under organic and biodynamic management in relation to integrated viticultural practices. Furthermore, ...the mechanisms for the observed changes in growth, yield and fruit quality were investigated by determining nutrient status, physiological performance of the plants and disease incidence on bunches in three consecutive growing seasons. A field trial (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Riesling) was set up at Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany. The integrated treatment was managed according to the code of good practice. Organic and biodynamic plots were managed according to Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 and according to ECOVIN- and Demeter-Standards, respectively. The growth and yield of the grapevines differed strongly among the different management systems, whereas fruit quality was not affected by the management system. The organic and the biodynamic treatments showed significantly lower growth and yield in comparison to the integrated treatment. The physiological performance was significantly lower in the organic and the biodynamic systems, which may account for differences in growth and cluster weight and might therefore induce lower yields of the respective treatments. Soil management and fertilization strategy could be responsible factors for these changes. Yields of the organic and the biodynamic treatments partially decreased due to higher disease incidence of downy mildew. The organic and the biodynamic plant protection strategies that exclude the use of synthetic fungicides are likely to induce higher disease incidence and might partially account for differences in the nutrient status of vines under organic and biodynamic management. Use of the biodynamic preparations had little influence on vine growth and yield. Due to the investigation of important parameters that induce changes especially in growth and yield of grapevines under organic and biodynamic management the study can potentially provide guidance for defining more effective farming systems.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
This comprehensive monograph is ideal for established researchers in the field and also graduate students who wish to learn more about the subject. The text is made accessible to a broad audience as ...it does not require any knowledge of Lie groups and only a limited knowledge of differential geometry. The author's primary emphasis is on potential theory on the hyperbolic ball, but many other relevant results for the hyperbolic upper half-space are included both in the text and in the end-of-chapter exercises. These exercises expand on the topics covered in the chapter and involve routine computations and inequalities not included in the text. The book also includes some open problems, which may be a source for potential research projects.
In the context of climate change, yield and quality losses from sunburn necrosis are challenging grape growers around the world. In a previous review, we identified the role of wind speed, duration ...of heat exposure, drought stress and adaptation as major knowledge gaps that prevent a better predictability of sunburn events. In this paper we present results of targeted experiments aiming to close these knowledge gaps. The effects of drought stress and adaptation on sunburn susceptibility were investigated in a combined drought stress/ defoliation experiment. Riesling grapevines growing in an arid climate were fully irrigated or drought stressed, and clusters were exposed to sunlight by fruit-zone leaf removal (defoliation) at two developmental stages. Sunburn symptoms were induced using infrared heaters while fruit surface temperature was measured using thermal imaging enabling the establishment of threshold temperatures. The influence of the duration of heat exposure of berries was examined by heating grape clusters to a stable temperature and monitoring the evolution of sunburn symptoms over time. To examine the effects of wind speed on the appearance of sunburn necrosis symptoms, fruit surface temperatures and sunburn severity were measured along an artificially induced wind speed gradient in two cultivars using thermal imaging and visual inspection. Longer durations of heat exposure required lower fruit surface temperatures to induce damage, while the differences in temperature after 60 min and 90 min of exposure were marginal (47.82 ± 0.25 °C and 47.06 ± 0.26 °C). Clusters of vines grown under water deficit were less susceptible to sunburn compared to those of well-irrigated plants following defoliation. The lethal temperature of clusters exposed to sunlight for seven days did not differ from those exposed to sunlight for 28 days, indicating that a full adaptation ocurred within this period. Higher wind speeds led to lower cluster temperatures and reduced sunburn severity. First evidence of a drought priming induced heat tolerance of grapevine berries was found, while adaptation had a more pronounced effect on the susceptibility to sunburn compared to water stress.
Row orientation, among others, is a crucial factor in determining grapevine performance and health status, thus affecting berry components that form the basis of the later wine profile. However, the ...literature about the impact of changes in row orientation at steep slope sites on grapevine fruit composition as well as the differentiation between canopy sides hardly exists. Thus, the aim of this work was to gain knowledge about the impact of row orientation in steep slope vineyards on selected primary and secondary metabolites in berries of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Riesling. Samples were taken from both canopy sides of different row orientations of terraced and downslope vineyards in steep slopes. Free amino acids in the juice and flavonols in the berry skin had a positive correlation to sunlight exposure. Furthermore, grapevines showed adaptations to constantly higher light conditions, e.g., physiologically in reduction in chlorophyll content or protective mechanisms resulting in a lower susceptibility to sunburn damage. Thus, grapevine fruit parameters are affected by row orientation change in steep slopes.
•Review on new technologies in viticulture.•Survey on applications, technologies and platforms.•Technological applications in agriculture are thriving thanks to Artificial Intelligence.
It is ...important to continuously monitor the long-term impact of viticultural management practices and assess opportunities for improving the environmental footprint of vineyard operations. This is particularly relevant to the wine industry as growers face disruptive challenges caused by climate change, shortages of labour and escalating production costs. In recent years there has been considerable development and testing of non-invasive digital technologies, some of which have already demonstrated an improvement in the way that wine grapes are grown, managed and harvested to produce quality wines in a manner that is both environmentally and economically sustainable. In this paper, we describe a number of sensing technologies including spectroscopy, multispectral and hyperspectral imaging, chlorophyll fluorescence, thermography, electrical resistivity, laser imaging detection and ranging, and computer vision and the platforms where they are generally mounted or embedded for either proximal or remote monitoring. Artificial intelligence is also discussed as it is useful as a means of transforming data into different pieces of information used by the grape grower for making informed decisions. A key objective of using these technologies is to obtain and supply data and information to grape growers and wine producers as a basis for improving land and vine management through a more-informed decision-making process. The current and future application of these technologies and artificial intelligence in vineyards are discussed in relation to soil properties and topography, vegetative growth, canopy architecture, nutrient and water status, pests and diseases, crop forecasting, yield and fruit composition, vineyard sampling, targeted management and selective harvesting. The principles behind how these technologies operate are also described. While the technologies have enormous potential for growers, their adoption and use will depend on user-friendly software and devices, together with affordable costs, at the field scale.
This study introduced the application of concepts and methods from extreme value theory (EVT) to estimate the probability that daily minimum temperatures exceed springtime critical temperature ...thresholds for Pinot noir buds and young shoots as a function of springtime phenology. The springtime frost risk estimates were computed spatially for Pinot noir throughout the Willamette Valley (WV) American Viticultural Area (AVA) using a gridded dataset of historical daily minimum surface air temperature data. EVT-based springtime frost risk maps can inform vineyard-management operations by identifying those locations throughout a wine region with a low risk for any cold injury where remedial action is likely not necessary when there is a forecasted frost event. Frost risk estimates were computed for 1991–2021 and 1991–2022 to examine a potentially changed risk profile for springtime frost events throughout the WV AVA due to the April 2022 advective frost event. The April 2022 advective frost event influenced the risk profile throughout the AVA such that an event of its magnitude is now modelled to occur more frequently. The EVT-based risk analysis can be readily updated each year as new data become available. While spatially varying budbreak calculations facilitated computation of the spring frost risk estimates, the EVT approach profiled in this study does not necessarily depend on potentially uncertain predetermined budbreak date estimates. Gridded maps of extreme daily minimum temperature exceedances, reclassified relative to the springtime phenology critical temperature thresholds for Pinot noir, were readily combined with a ripening potential map to identify optimal areas for vineyard site selection throughout the WV AVA. When simultaneously evaluating Pinot noir ripening potential with springtime frost risk using historical data, the limiting factor for vineyard site selection throughout the WV AVA was frost risk, not ripening potential. The study approach is also applicable for other winegrape-growing regions, assessments of winter freeze risk and summertime heatwaves, and with non-gridded observed temperature datasets.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO
2
) concentration has continuously increased since pre-industrial times and has currently reached an average growth rate of 2.3 ppm per year. For the majority of plant ...species elevated CO
2
(eCO
2
) improves photosynthesis and thus plant biomass production. To investigate the effects of eCO
2
on leaf physiology and morphological leaf characteristics two
Vitis vinifera
L. cultivars, Riesling and Cabernet Sauvignon, grown in the VineyardFACE (Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment) system were used. The VineyardFACE is located at Geisenheim, Rheingau comparing future atmospheric CO
2
-concentrations (eCO
2
, predicted for the mid-21st century) with current ambient CO
2
-conditions (aCO
2
). Experiments were operated under rain-fed conditions for two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). For both varieties and CO
2
treatments, leaf gas exchange measurements were performed as well as measures of epidermal flavonoid (Flav) and leaf chlorophyll (Chl) indices by using a portable leaf clip. Furthermore, leaves were sampled for spectrophotometric analysis of the leaf pigments chlorophyll a (Chl a), chlorophyll b (Chl b) and carotenoid (Car). Additionally, leaf cross-sections were produced as permanent preparations to investigate morphological characteristics of the leaf structure. Both cultivars did not differ in leaf chlorophyll meter readings or leaf pigments between the two CO
2
treatments while net assimilation was highly stimulated under elevated CO
2
for both seasons. Differences found in leaf cross-sections were detected in palisade parenchyma and epidermal thickness of Cabernet Sauvignon under eCO
2
, whereas Riesling net assimilation increased by 40% under a 20% CO
2
enrichment while remaining unaffected in different leaf layer thickness. The observed results within grapevine leaf tissues provide insights to seasonal adaptation strategies of grapevines under elevated CO
2
concentrations predicted in future.
An unbiased MACA CMIP5 ensemble that optimized calculation of the growing season average temperature (GST) viticulture climate classification index throughout Northern California’s Fort Ross-Seaview ...(FRS), Los Carneros (LC), Petaluma Gap (PG), and Russian River Valley (RRV) American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) was applied to compute the GST index and Pinot noir specific applications of the grapevine sugar ripeness (GSR) model on a mean decadal basis from the 1950s to the 2090s using RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 projections of minimum and maximum daily temperature. From the 1950s to the 2090s, a 2.1/3.6, 2.4/4.2, 2.3/4.0, 2.3/4.0, and 2.3/4.0 °C increase in the GST index and a rate advance of 1.3/1.9, 1.1/1.8, 1.3/2.0, 1.2/1.9, and 1.2/1.9 days a decade was computed for FRS, LC, PG, RRV, and across all four AVAs while using the RCP4.5/RCP8.5 climate projections, respectively. The GST index and GSR model calculations were highly correlated across both climate projections and their fitted models were used to update the Pinot noir specific upper bound for the GST index throughout each AVA using a published optimal harvest window for the northern hemisphere. At a 220 g/L target sugar concentration, the updated upper bound was 17.6, 17.5, 17.6, 17.5, and 17.6 °C for FRS, LC, PG, RRV, and across all four AVAs. For a 240 g/L sugar concentration, it was 17.9, 17.8, 17.9, 17.8, and 17.9 °C. The results from this study together with comparable results recently reported for the Willamette Valley AVA of Oregon using a different downscaled CMIP5 model archive suggest spatial invariance, albeit sugar concentration dependent, for the updated Pinot noir specific upper bound for the GST climate index.
Grapevine rootstocks can affect the nitrogen (N) status of the grafted plant due to discrepancies in their nutrient uptake and their efficiency in the allocation of assimilates. When N becomes a ...limiting factor, the production of phenolic compounds in grapes is enhanced as a result of a down-regulation of the flavonoid production pathway. However, it is still not fully understood if the impact of rootstocks on fruit and wine composition is mediated by their effect on the vegetative growth and N status of the scion. The main objective of the study was to test if rootstock influence on Pinot noir berry and wine phenolic composition could be related to the N status of the scion. An investigation was carried out on Pinot noir (Vitis vinifera L.) vines grafted onto six rootstocks over three vintages (2012–2014). A micro-scale fermentation technique was used to produce wines from each field replicate. Scions grafted onto SO4, a high vigour rootstock, were characterised by a 15 % higher tannin concentration in berry seed and skin compared to those grafted onto the low vigour Riparia Gloire de Montpellier, while final tannin concentration in wines depended on the rootstock. Anthocyanin concentration was higher in berries of Pinot noir grafted onto R110 compared to 125AA, which was also reflected in the wines. A Multiple Linear Regression analysis suggested that rootstock influence on berry anthocyanins was linked to the N status of scion leaves (higher Leaf NBI_R). Understanding the interaction between the N uptake efficiency of rootstocks and scion berry/wine phenolic composition will help improve the selection of suitable rootstocks that match the desired wine profile.